The Unexpected Prize from a Photo Competition
September 16, 2025
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It isn’t the bragging rights. It isn’t $$$ or even $$$$. It isn’t a ribbon.
The most valuable—and unexpected—prize is in the process.
Entering a photo competition helps you look at your work with a critical eye: noticing patterns, themes, and even weak spots. It lets you put fresh eyes on older photos. Suddenly, you may find yourself editing...
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Take Your Photography to the Next Level: The 20/60/20 Rule
August 07, 2025
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Have you heard of the 20/60/20 rule? It is a management analysis tool that assists you in better managing people, money or productivity.
In simple terms, the first 20 percent represents the "easy" portion: the employees that are top performers, the money you set aside for savings, the work that you can do easily and quickly.
The 60 percent is...
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Experience Without Edits
July 09, 2025
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So often photographers are encouraged to edit their photos to make them "better". We take away the blemishes on a flower, the crumbs on a table, we adjust the lighting.
What if we uncover the patience we had with film and do better to get it right in camera? What if the photo is a dark skyline? Barely visible? Do we force the viewer to come closer...
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The Guggenheim and Me
July 02, 2025
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Guggenheim Museum, NYC. There is always a story and this one is how the Guggenheim tried to chew me up and spit me out. As you can see from some of the photos, the wall is not very tall, but I am. And I have ballast weight in a vest that holds two large heavy specialized batteries and a 3rd pocket that holds the controller for my heart pump, all in...
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Confessions of a Boomer with a BLOG
July 01, 2025
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Picture me with a film camera in one hand, a DSLR in the other. Total laggard.
Technology adoption goes like this:
Early Adopters camp out for it,
Early Majority buys it after reading reviews,
Late Majority waits until it’s on sale at Costco,
and Laggards only upgrade when their flip phones stops flipping.
I started my blog in 2015, which m...
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